nice day number 1

The other day I went on a long walk to the park then a new beach! here are some photos:

reminder

orange stripes

"If I weren't a tree I would kiss you right now"

spring!

I can't wait for spring! Some old photos from back in the bay

redecorated my room a bit

a new garland

a big leaf

A necessary fruit chart!

The bottom image is an illustrated list of breads sold at this bakery!

hungarian dinner!

My friend Adina and her boyfriend Victor invited us over for some traditional Hungarian food last week, it was so amazing! They made a kind of potato stew with tomatoes onions and bell peppers topped with some Hungarian style sour cream, perfect comfort food for the unexpected thunder storm that hit that night. For desert we had a kind of crumbly deliciousness with jam! The night ended as my mom would say "panza llena, corazon contento!"

p.s. Sorry the pictures are terrible, slowly realizing that auto white balance does not work.

chairs

Pretty cute chairs

and a music store just for Robert!

Carnival!!

I stumbled upon a first glimpse of the carnival celebrations here when we saw the cutest parade of school children all dressed up in homemade costumes, most likely organized at school.

There were peacocks, Sponge Bobs, even kids dressed as Mexicans, I laughed a lot.

These carnival celebrations are a huge tradition and in the surrounding areas there are even bigger and crazier parties that start Thursday and last until Tuesday! Tuesday is the end of the carnival and is supposed to be the biggest and best in a nearby town called Sitges. So of course we went, it had been raining for a couple days straight so we had our doubts about going but miraculously Tuesday evening the rain stopped and it was even a bit warmer than it had been. The 30 min train ride there was not your ordinary ride, it was full of people dancing singing and dressed in crazy costumes. Once we got there, there were lots and lots of people, a parade, music, and a beach with even more people and music! It was a great time, here are some pictures of the night. I was initially dressed as a duck, in a yellow poncho in case of rain, haha.

crazy weather

last weekend:

this weekend:

In between days:

finding things

I was woken up yesterday morning by a delivery of beautiful flowers : )

The other day Caitlin and I headed over to a market that sells all kinds of wonderful old things, but because I was late getting there everyone was packing up. We decided to walk around anyway and started noticing things on the ground that people were taking, old encyclopedias and papers and such so we some hesitation we started doing the same. I ended up with all of the stuff shown in the photos above, yes even a leather bag! The little white statue I made but the rest was found! The funny thing was we weren't expecting this at all! It was very exhilarating being amongst all of the old Spanish women and men who were prying through things with their sticks and canes and avoiding the talkative male vendors.

These are some drawings for a lighting project I'm working on! cute animals all the way

construction site

On a walk to find food between classes I stumbled on this old building being torn down. I loved how you can see where each room was and the wallpaper patterns on the walls. I stopped to take some photos and my friend from Belgium was surprised that I had never seen anything like it.

craft night

Sometime last week I had some friends over for a craft night! Adina, a friend from Hungary, is a jewelry major and has been making these awesome bracelets with simple knotting techniques and taught us all her ways. It was a good night and I even made brownies from scratch for the first time!

happy heart day

Hope everyone has a wonderful valentines day!!

Mucho love to all my family and friends back home

and to my sweet valentine,

I can't wait to go back to el farolito (the best tacos north of the border) with you